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absolutelyshafted t1_j5qqrb3 wrote

Makes sense because this is a Goan dish, “native” to a tiny part of india which was historically controlled by Portugal

The reason why people know about it is due to the British Indian variant becoming globally popular

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LeanMeanDrMachine t1_j5r9ce6 wrote

A large portion of the chefs on British passenger boats to and from India were Goan, as they tended to be Catholic and thus could cook with pork beef and alcohol (the original vindaloo was cooked with pork and wine). Hence why the dish became popular. When a broader range of Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis started serving Indian food in Britain, vindaloo already had an association with upper class Indian food, though they couldn't cook with pork and wine, so it got changed to an almost entirely new dish.

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SigherPunk t1_j5s36yo wrote

And it isn't very well known within India in the sense that it hasn't spread out to other parts of India outside Goa. I think western people might more readily recognise the dish than Indians lol

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AbandonedSamurai t1_j5qq2to wrote

Portuguese introduced mangos, pineapples, cashew nuts, chillies, tomatoes and potatoes in India.

An interesting read: https://www.firstpost.com/living/food-files-how-portuguese-maritime-endeavours-post-1498-resulted-in-a-culinary-sea-change-for-india-9565811.html

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absolutelyshafted t1_j5qqict wrote

They didn’t introduce mangos to india according to Wikipedia and your own article. Mangos are native to South Asia and the word itself comes from a South Indian origin

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SigherPunk t1_j5s4025 wrote

Man you could be beaten up for saying that in India. Like saying pizza was introduced to Italy by Americans.

Mangoes are to India what potatoes are to Peru. So I guess you mean guavas probably?

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CharredCharizard t1_j5vbvan wrote

Pizza was not pizza until the Spaniards brought the tomato. Much of the world's cuisine nowadays was defined by the Portuguese and Spanish discoveries.

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SigherPunk t1_j5wy4hc wrote

>Portuguese and Spanish discoveries

Oh no. You mean inventions made by pre-Columbian civilizations in America.

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CharredCharizard t1_j5xuw5w wrote

That's really ignorant. Yes the tomato was already there but both countries are responsible for introducing unknown foods all over the planet thus defining world food now a days.
Plus discoveries is the right word literary and literally, if you know nothing about the South hemisphere and nothing about half the Northern even though there are people there you don't know about and you venture into the unknown you are discovering.

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soup2nuts t1_j5yd2er wrote

That only makes sense from a Eurocentric viewpoint. Europeans were equally as unknown to the Americans. Sure, Spaniards and Portuguese introduced these foods to the world but the Americans discovered and then developed these crops. Describing it as anything other than that is ignorant.

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soup2nuts t1_j5ycdbv wrote

Not discoveries. Trade and exchange. Native American civilizations discovered and then developed them into their edible modern staples.

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savage-dragon t1_j5su45e wrote

Nope mangos were taken from south Asia and introduced to south America more like.

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Ngothadei t1_j5tae39 wrote

What nonsense!! Mangoes are native to Indian subcontinent.

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crestnest t1_j5sfd7f wrote

Before Chillies were introduced to India by the Portuguese, Indian cooks used mainly Pippali (aka also known as Indian long pepper) to provide pungency to curries. To a lesser extent, they also used black pepper). Before then, Chillies were not known in India.

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kupo-puffs t1_j5sxevn wrote

and yet, modern Indians (that I've met) can swallow fire and still be ok

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TheSean_aka_Rh1no t1_j5t8ujk wrote

... they also shit in private, the 'ok' bit might not be as you think

We call hot chilli shit 'exit wounds' in our family

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shmorby t1_j5u72dv wrote

The capsaicin receptors in your butthole are the same as the ones in your mouth. If you build up a tolerance on one end you should have a tolerance on the other fyi.

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kupo-puffs t1_j5t9kxf wrote

>Before Chillies were introduced to India by the Portuguese, Indian cooks used mainly Pippali (aka also known as Indian long pepper) to provide pungency to curries. To a lesser extent, they also used black pepper). Before then, Chillies were not known in India.

As they say, it burns twive

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Pay08 t1_j5vk195 wrote

>Before then, Chillies were not known in India.

Yes that is what the word "introduced" means

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soup2nuts t1_j5yc3mn wrote

Chilies are native to the Americas as are potatoes and tomatoes, which are part of the nightshade family. They were developed by the indegenous peoples as staple crops from their practically poisonous wild ancestors. There are over 2000 varieties of potatoes. When potatoes are first introduced to Europe some church authorities condemned them as Satanic because they are not mentioned in the Bible.

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bolanrox t1_j5rjtdc wrote

That thumbnail is not vindaloo

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